Obituaries

Hank Rosenstein, player in first NBA game, dies at 89

Hank Rosenstein, who played for a mostly Jewish New York Knicks team that took part in what is considered the NBA’s first game in 1946, has died.

By Marc Brodsky March 3, 2010 9:18 pm

Rabbi Menachem Porush, longtime Knesset member, dies

Thousands attended the funeral of long-serving Knesset member Rabbi Menachem Porush.

February 22, 2010 6:48 pm

Teen funeral draws 1,000 in L.A.

Adir Vered was not wearing a seatbelt when he stuck his head out a car window last Friday, just before the vehicle crashed into a parked car. Vered, a 17-year-old junior at the New Community Jewish High School, was ejected from the car and died at the scene. According to the Jewish Journal, 1,000 people […]

February 18, 2010 9:18 pm